Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion

64% | Apr 22, 2010 | Documentary, History

Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.

Featured Cast

João Canijo
Director
João Braz
Editor

Cast

Self (archive footage)
António de Oliveira Salazar
Self (archive footage)
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Américo Tomás
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Erika Mann (voice)
Hanna Schygulla
Erika Mann (voice)
Alfred Döblin (voice)
Rüdiger Vogler
Alfred Döblin (voice)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)
Christian Patey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Images